Big retailers boost stocks and broadcasters – 8/17/10

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Both Wal-Mart and Home Depot reported strong Q2 results and sent stock prices broadly higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 104 points, or 1%, to 10,406. Good news from retailers is good news for broadcasters.


The RBR Radio Index was up 2.831, or 1.1%, to 256.105.

The TVBR Television Index was up 4.472, or 2.6%, to 179.840.

Winners
Salem, up 20.3%
Nexstar, up 6.4%
LIN, up 4.07%

Losers
Radio One, down 13.4%
CC Media, down 5.4%
Beasley, down 4.2%

Radio Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

Arbitron *

ARB 

$25.59

$0.28

Beasley *

BBGI

$4.08

-$0.18

CBS Cl. B

CBS

$14.14

$0.01

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$14.15

$0.03

CC Media *

CCMO

$6.15

-$0.35

Cumulus *

CMLS

$2.43

$0.08

Debut

DBTB

$0.05

$0.00

Disney

DIS

$33.76

$0.10

Emmis *

EMMS

$2.04

-$0.04

Entercom *

ETM

$6.78

$0.30

Entravision

EVC

$1.99

-$0.02

Fisher

FSCI

$16.88

$0.36

Google

GOOG

$490.52

$4.93

Journal

JRN

$4.20

$0.10

Lincoln Natl.

LNC

$22.46

$0.21

Radio One A

ROIA

$0.89

-$0.10

Radio One D *

ROIAK

$0.71

-$0.11

Salem *

SALM

$3.44

$0.58

SBS *

SBSA

$1.07

$0.00

Saga *

SGA

$20.50

$0.40

Sirius XM

SIRI

$1.00

$0.00

Westwood*

WWON

$6.45

$0.24

 

 

 

 

* Component of the RBR Radio Index                          

 

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Television Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

ACME *

ACME.PK

$1.05

$0.04

Belo *

BLC

$5.63

$0.23

CBS Cl. B *

CBS

$14.14

$0.01

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$14.15

$0.03

Disney

DIS

$33.76

$0.10

Entravision *

EVC

$1.99

-$0.02

Fisher *

FSCI

$16.88

$0.36

Gannett

GCI

$12.73

$0.13

Gen. Elec.

GE

$15.58

$0.12

Google

GOOG

$490.52

$4.93

Gray *

GTN

$2.24

$0.01

Gray, Cl. A

GTNa

$2.14

-$0.06

Journal

JRN

$4.20

$0.10

Meredith

MDP

$31.48

$0.19

Media Gen.

MEG

$9.71

$0.65

McGraw-Hill

MHP

$29.05

$0.39

News Corp.

NWS

$14.72

$0.20

Nexstar *

NXST

$4.19

$0.25

Sinclair *

SBGI

$6.53

$0.11

SBS

SBSA

$1.07

$0.00

Saga

SGA

$20.50

$0.40

Scripps

SSP

$7.31

$0.08

LIN TV *

TVL

$4.72

$0.21

Time Warner

TWX

$30.97

$0.27

Wash. Post

WPO

$327.63

$11.98

 

 

 

 

* Component of the TVBR Television Index

 

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